is a new technology in data archival. It is the closest
simulation of online availability of archival data such as customer
records, transactions, accounts and their relational properties. With
AccountArchive
, information can be retrieved regardless of the
availability of the core processing system and viewed on any web browser
connected to the network. Selection capabilities are built in along with
the ability to drill down detail information.

AccountArchive
takes away the need to burden your core processing system
with large volumes of historical data by extracting account information
in conjunction with related data into an industry standard SQL database.
This reduces the amount of historical data required on the core
processing system and streamlines processing leading to improved batch
and online transaction performance. A recent study found that the
resources and just the time saved on daily processing, backup and
recovery is sufficient to provide a meaningful ROI (Return on
Investment). In a disaster recovery situation, the value is priceless
because of the immediate availability of historical account information
and the reduced time it takes to recover the core database.

What differentiates AccountArchive
from a traditional archive is that it
is far more than a mere collection of reports that are electronically
stored with some string search capability. It is designed to be an
information retrieval system along the lines of a real time online
system. At the same time, it is granular enough to be detailed because
it is not designed as a data warehouse where the architecture is geared
towards analysis cubes, dashboards and data trends as opposed to detail.
Unlike a warehouse which gets loaded in slices (usually daily) and has a
transaction depth that is a close approximation of the core processing
system, AccountArchive
is loaded periodically depending on purge
schedules and has a limitless depth of transactions. Further,
AccountArchive
is not impacted by major data reorganizations in the core
system because its structure is independent and previously archived
transactions continue to be available and unaffected by the new changes.

AccountArchive
is based on new technology and is capable of archiving
complex record formats as well as images, documents and multi-media
information. It is ready to support the next generation of information
archival. With the continuing drop in the price of disk storage,
AccountArchive
gives you the ability to store almost infinite amounts of
information at very low costs. Based on current specifications (which
are revised upwards with every release),
AccountArchive can store up to
524,272 terabytes of information in tables of 16 terabytes each.

The next evolution in information archival is here. With increasing
volumes and complexity, are your current methods adequate and efficient?
Are they capable of dealing with future growth and needs? Can they store
data in complex records and support different formats? Have you done a
risk evaluation of keeping the status quo?